> But it’s kind of like listening to a math audiobook vs working out math problems.

I don't see it that way.

I'm solving the math problem, but after coming with a solution I start asking for alternative approaches or formulas I don't even know about.

In fact, calculus is full of suck gotchas tricks or formulas, think of integrals or limits. Took who found those decades/centuries to find them.

It's not a black/white divide.

You added several paragraphs after I responded, but I never said it was black and white. I said it wasn’t sufficient. By which I mean you still need to read the code, and that making changes to the code is even more beneficial for understanding.